SuperMUC
The idea
The road to the zero emission data center
Up to 50 percent of an average air-cooled data center's energy consumption and carbon footprint today is not caused by computing, but by powering the necessary cooling systems. Water cooling technologies, like those used in SuperMUC, can turn this paradigm on its head.
Computer rendition of SuperMUC
The applications
IBM scientists and developers chose to address this challenge with an innovative concept of hot-water cooling, which eliminates the need for conventional data center air cooling systems. IBM's hot-water cooling technology directly cools active components in the system such as processors and memory modules with coolant temperatures that can reach as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit, or 45 degrees Celsius. The system can also substantially improve its peak performance while consuming 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine.
In SuperMUC, hot water cools 150,000 cores to provide a peak performance of up to three petaflops, which is equivalent to the work of more than 110,000 personal computers.
The SuperMUC team
Bruno Michel
Senior Manager,
Contact Information
Advanced Thermal
Packaging, IBM
Research - Zurich
lngmar Meijer
Stephan Paredes
Senior Engineer -
Advanced Thermal
Packaging, IBM
Research - Zurich
The SuperMUC project was the result of a cross-IBM collaboration bringing together a variety of research and technology experts from around the world. Key project team members include:
Cross Platform Software
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Rochester
Storage Architect
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Germany
Lead Mechanical
Engineer
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Raleigh
System Architect
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Germany
IBM Global Technology
Services - Germany
Hardware Power
Systems
IBM Global
Technology Services -
ITS Site and Facilities Services
Germany
Deep Computing
Solution Architect
IBM Sales &
Distribution, STG
Sales - France
Lead Thermal
Engineer
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Raleigh
Thermal Engineer
IBM Systems &
Technology Group - Raleigh
Project Manager:
Server Optimization &
Integration Services
IBM Global Technology
Services - Germany
Advisory Hardware
Development Engineer
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Taiwan
Thermal Analysis &
Test
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Austin
IT Specialist
IBM Global
Technology Services -
Germany
Thermal Engineer
IBM Systems &
Technology Group - Austin
Packaging Design
IBM Systems &
Technology Group -
Raleigh
The labs
IBM Research - Zurich
Rüschlikon, Switzerland
IBM Böblingen Development Center
Böblingen, Germany
The Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ)
